SUSTAINABILITY
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 2008/09 16.09.08-17.09.08
November 2008
Forum GMES 2008
Education for Sustainable Development Conference on Education for Sustainable Devel-
opment, Gothenburg (Sweden), November 2008. This Conference is a follow-up to the Conference on Education for Sustainable Development
“Learning to change our world” that took place in Gothenburg from 4 to 7 May 2004.
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Gothenburg, Sweden
Gothenburg, Sweden
21.08.08 – 22.08.08
Creating values for Sustainable Development
The ISC 2008 provides a platform for both interdisciplinary- and transdisci-
Günter Verheugen
As a part of its forthcoming Presidency of the EU, France and the European Commission are jointly organising a Forum to mark the launch of the first
plinary-oriented social scientists working in the field of sustainable develop-
ment. The Conference is committed to promoting dialogue, especially among
economists and other social scientists. Moreover,
GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) services in pre-op-
the Conference aims to act as a meeting-point for
erational mode. The Forum is intended to present GMES and its earliest serv-
committed individuals from the political, corporate
ices to both end-users and to intermediary companies who provide services
and academic worlds as well as for representatives
based on this type of information and wish to build on this public invest-
from civil society.
University of Applied Sciences, Northwestern
ment to develop new markets.
DG Enterprise & Industry, GMES Bureau
Switzerland and the University of Basel,
Lille, France
Klaus M. Leisinger
Switzerland
22.10.08-24.10.08
09.02.09 – 13.02.09
Photos: archive; European Parliament; archive (2); lapresse
2nd UITP Sustainable Development European Sustainable Energy Week 2009 Conference: Making Tomorrow This is the 3rd edition of Europe’s key forum on
The second international UITP
sustainable energy. Dozens of conferences, work-
conference on public transport
shops, seminars and media events will be or-
and sustainable development
ganised in Brussels and other places across the
will take place in the Autumn of
EU. Are you interested in organising an event in
2008. Introduced by the Mayor of
your city or region as part of EUSEW 2009? More
Milan, the sessions will be clus-
Andris Piebalgs
tion that public transport makes
eral for Energy and Transport and supported by other European institu-
objectives for climate change.
European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy and Transport
and will introduce the contributowards regional and national Letizia Moratti, Mayor of Milan, Italy
UITP
Milan, Italy EUROPEAN AGENDA 05/2008
details should become available on the EUSEW
tered around themes and topics
website in July. EUSEW 2009 is being organised by the European Commission’s Directorate-Gen-
tions and key stakeholders. Brussels, Belgium
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